Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) reduced architecture to its structural essence — "less is more" as both motto and method. Born in Aachen, he directed the Bauhaus in its final years before emigrating to the United States in 1938. The catalogue holds 7 of his works across 4 cities in 3 countries.
The range is extraordinary: from his earliest commission, House Riehl (1907) in Potsdam, through the Neoclassical Villa Urbig (1917) and Haus Perls, to the Modernist Haus Lemke (1933) in Berlin, the Barcelona Pavilion (1929), and Villa Tugendhat (1930) in Brno. His final masterpiece, the Neue Nationalgalerie (1968) in Berlin — a steel-and-glass temple on a granite platform — remains one of the most radical museum buildings ever constructed.
